Yumiko Murai
Japan
CAREER Enrolled in April 2008; Completed master’s degree in March 2010
I research and teach creative learning and educational technologies at Simon Fraser University Faculty of Education in Canada, British Columbia. Before joining KMD, I studied how music events impact rural Japanese communities out of my interest in social entrepreneurship and how social missions can be achieved through business and arts.
At KMD, I was fortunate to have opportunities to create various educational experiences through technologies and arts & design, under the supervision of Dr. Okawa, Dr. Okude, and others. Life in KMD was very busy and often chaotic, but looking back, the time in KMD helped me cultivate my transdisciplinary thinking to see problems and solutions outside established rules and disciplines, and the ability to turn my ideas into reality through quick prototypes and collaboration.
(This article was written in March 2023.)